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Easton's Bible Dictionary

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A trap.
  • Psalm 140:5,141:9 ,, Amos 3:5 , the Hebrew word used, Mokesh , Means a noose or "snare," as it is elsewhere rendered ( Psalm 18:5; Proverbs 13:14 , etc.).

  • Job 18:9 , Isaiah 8:14 , Heb. pah, a plate or thin layer; and hence a net, a snare, trap, especially of a fowler (Psalm 69 :: 22 , "Let their table before them become a net;" Amos 3:5 , "Doth a bird fall into a net [pah] upon the ground where there is no trap-stick [mokesh] for her? doth the net [pah] spring up from the ground and take nothing at all?", Gesenius.)

    Bibliography Information
    Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Gin'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​g/gin.html. 1897.
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